Battle of the Bulge (1991)
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Canada
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman obsessed with thinness is haunted by a fatter alter ego who appears in mirrors and during meals. Their conflict escalates into a food fight.
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What happens
Battle of the Bulge is a Canadian comedy short film, directed by Arlene Hazzan Green and released in 1991. An exploration of women's body image issues, the film stars Suzanne Cyr as Victoria, a woman whose obsession with thinness results in the creation of Vanna (Deborah Kirshenbaum), a significantly fatter alter ego who shows up to taunt Victoria whenever she looks in a mirror or eats food, with their battle of wills building until breaking out into a food fight. The film received selected film festival screenings, including winning the awards for Best Drama Under 30 Minutes and Best Script at the 1992 Yorkton Film Festival, but was distributed primarily as an episode of Global Television Network's First Time Producers Series of short films by emerging directors. The film won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 13th Genie Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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